Saturday, August 25, 2018

Iconic Photographers Broke Down Barriers In The Fashion Industry

The Dress-Lamp Tree, England, 2002, Tim Walker, chromogenic print.
Steven and Catherine Fink. © Tim Walker

Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011
, at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, explores the cultural impact of fashion photography. From the austere practicality of the Great Depression and World War II to the the youth culture explosion of the 1960s and beyond this exhibition shows how fashion photography has left a lasting impression.

Renée, “The New Look of Dior,” Place de la Concorde, Paris, August, 1947,
negative 1947, print 1978; Richard Avedon, gelatin silver print.
The Richard Avedon Foundation, New York. Copyright © The Richard Avedon Foundation
Sveta for Hussein Chalayan, 2000.

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